Micron-scale mapping of megagauss magnetic fields using optical polarimetry to probe hot electron transport in petawatt-class laser-solid interactions

Abstract The transport of hot, relativistic electrons produced by the interaction of an intense petawatt laser pulse with a solid has garnered interest due to its potential application in the development of innovative x-ray sources and ion-acceleration schemes. We report on spatially and temporally...

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Main Authors: Gourab Chatterjee, Prashant Kumar Singh, A. P. L. Robinson, D. Blackman, N. Booth, O. Culfa, R. J. Dance, L. A. Gizzi, R. J. Gray, J. S. Green, P. Koester, G. Ravindra Kumar, L. Labate, Amit D. Lad, K. L. Lancaster, J. Pasley, N. C. Woolsey, P. P. Rajeev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08619-1